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Upgrade Guide: Install a DVD-ROM Drive
Install a DVD-ROM drive, step by step.
Stan Miastkowski
4. Hook Up the Cables
The typical DVD-ROM drive upgrade kit has many cables and involves many required connections; the specifics vary by manufacturer. The instructions given here apply specifically to the Creative Labs PC-DVD Encore 12X kit with the Dxr3 decoder. Read the manual that came with your kit carefully, and work slowly and methodically.
- Connect the audio cable (included
with the kit) to the rear of the DVD-ROM drive and the
audio-in connector on the MPEG card.
- If an audio
cable runs from the rear of your existing CD-ROM drive to
the sound card, disconnect it from the sound card and
connect it to the audio-in connector of the MPEG card.
- Connect an audio cable from the line-out connector of
the MPEG card to the sound card's internal CD audio
connector.
- Disconnect the monitor cable from your
PC's video card and connect it to the lower (external
monitor) connector on the MPEG card.
- Take the
video loopback cable included with your DVD-ROM drive kit
and connect it to the MPEG card and to your PC's video
card.
- If you'll be watching DVD movies on a
television set, connect the TV to the MPEG card. If your TV
has S-Video input (for the highest quality), you'll need an
S-Video cable (not included with most DVD-ROM drive kits).
Otherwise, use the included 'S-Video to composite video'
cable adapter. You'll also need a standard RCA cable to
complete the connection to your TV. That's also not
included with the kit.
- If you have a stereo
receiver or PC speaker system that can decode Dolby Digital
Surround Sound, connect a cable (usually not included with
the DVD-ROM drive kit) between the MPEG card and the stereo
or speaker system.
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